commit there he wouldn't really compete with his brother either. Dusty is a redshirt sophomore so even if he started this year, or 2012 and 2013, gunner could learn under him for his freshman and sophomore seasons, or redshirt and start for 3 years and not force his brother out of the qb spot. At first I thought they would overlap more and ruled Indiana out but now it's not so crazy, even if the rumor is just that.

Was just wondering if the QB coach you were refering to was Scott Loefler? (I probably spelled his name incorrectly) Ive always been under the impression that he was a significant part of Michigan becoming QB U. If I recall correctly, he was very good at developing and recruiting QBs. Lets hope Kiel picks Michigan GO BLUE!!!!

For a kid from Columbus, Indiana it isn't that shocking. Bloomington is less than an hour's drive from Columbus and is generally considered the school in Indiana where the "cool kids" want to go. And it's not like it's a bad school. Not Michigan quality but certainly he would get a good education there.

Bloomington, which is full of foxes-way better than AA or EL. I was head tennis pro @ the top Resort between Bloomington and Columbus for 3 years during law school and summers. The drive is not bad and the women left this old guy with fond life long memories. So not so crazy w/ his bro there and the offense they are running.

Yeah, I know. That's why I felt I should include the take it FWIW part. He could be right, he could be wrong, and I can feasibly see Kiel going to either school but a final two of UM and Indiana seems a little far-fetched.

He'd be a deity in Indiana if he stayed home. There's something to be said for being a big fish in a small pond.

That being said, if you asked me a few weeks ago to pick his final two, I would have said Oklahoma and Alabama, and I would have thought that those two were ahead by a comfortable margin. Goes to show what I know . . .

We're already putting together a really nice recruiting class though, and if he were to hop on board quickly, you'd think we'd really clean up on the rest of our class. He'd be a nice get.

He would be a deity, but he does not seem like the kind of kid who would want to be a deity. A lot of recruits absolutely love the spotlight and would cherish that opportunity (cough cough Pryor) but Kiel has been so quiet and humble that it seems like he would not want to be considered a "deity" at Indiana

Right, but all the talk for the last couple weeks was that Alabama and Oklahoma were the frontrunners and that Michigan had an outside shot. It seems like a 180 if he is actually down to Michigan and Indiana.

It's Tom Beaver, so I really have trouble believing it. Anyway, he's been high on Bama and Oklahoma forever, it's a highly unlikely story. These kinds of rumors come out all the time for highly touted prospects, I wouldn't give it much credence.

The only thing that would make me give this even the slightest bit of credence is that Beaver is getting some of this stuff from Allen Trieu, who is a national guy and probably more reliable than Tom Beaver.

in that he's often the first person to know when someone has committed (Scout usually beats Rivals to the punch on that stuff).

He's just...indiscriminate. He'll pass on silent commitments that he's heard of from someone on the staff and rumors he's heard of from who knows where and won't make a clear distinction between the two. There's some "Michigan leads for recruit X!!!" stuff, which will be followed 2 weeks later by the guy committing elsewhere.

He's a good source if you take him with a grain of salt, which most Scout subscribers do not do.

Must be why he is planning on making another visit to bama, after he just visited OU which was after he visited bama which was after he visited OU which was after he visited bama which just so happens to have been after he visited OU.

Gunner would not be worshipped in Indiana if he stayed...they don't care about football.

I won't believe anything until I see it at this point. Cannot believe anyone that is the top player in the nation at their postiion would consider Indiana. I just won't believe it. When is the last time Indiana got a 4*, let alone a 5*? Have they ever?

To be devil's advocate, consider that if Kiel goes Blue, he'll probably redshirt his first season and then back up Devin Gardner for two years before getting a crack at the starting job--which he knows he'll have to compete with Shane Morris (and potentially others) for. But if he goes to IU, from where Ben Chappell has just graduated, Kiel likely starts as a freshman and plays four years. That's in addition to IU being a good school in a fun college town.

Dusty Kiel is a RS sophomore QB at Indiana, so that means Gunner will have to compete with his brother for the starting job for the first two years and then with others after that. How is that better than competing for the job at Michigan? At a minimum, beating out your older brother would be awkward.

One of them is a party school with tons of beautiful, fairly superficial teenaged girls. (Full disclosure: I am from Indiana.) The other has a great football tradition. It really depends on the kid's priorities.

Dusty and Gunner, eh? Pretty good names. Also, I don't believe this story at all, but if it is true and we lose the #1 QB in the country to goddamn Indiana I am just gonna lose it like Will Ferrel in Old School after his failed mascot stunt.

Indiana would be the next best thing to Michigan. IU is Sparty's annual cross-over game. I've been trying to figure out how they're going to be good enough to knock Sparty off once in a while. Gunner would help.

He generally abstains from sharing things that he feels the athletes might not want known, though. If this Top 2 is just conjecture, or information that was not supposed to be shared, Tom wouldn't weigh in on it.

Well, he already addressed this by telling us not to get our hopes up. Tom is usually spot on when he says something like this. If we had a chance, he would have either not said anything at all, or told us about his good feeling.

Henne was ranked #13 overall but only #4 at his position (behind Rhett Bomar, Xavier Lee and Anthony Morelli... talk about a trio of busts). Kiel is #19 overall right now, but from the sound of things regarding his camp performances, might be on his way up.

The Sooners were expecting him to commit yesterday and now all of the sudden he's dropped them completely and it's down to Indialna and Michigan??? I guess weirder things have occurred but seems highly unlikely!

May be he had a change of heart about leaving the midwest. Ann Arbor isn't as far as Bama or Norman. I really don't buy this rumor though. I will be pleasantly surprised if he chooses Michigan. I will be shocked if he chooses Indiana.